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The Latest: Africa reports sharp decline in new infections

| August 27, 2020 3:03 AM

JOHANNESBURG — Africa’s top public health official says the continent has seen a 20% decrease in confirmed coronavirus cases in the past week, but he warns that “we shouldn’t go home celebrating that our pandemic is over.”

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